diff --git a/lib/cartodb/cache_validator.js b/lib/cartodb/cache_validator.js
index afb3e2e5..30cbb601 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/cache_validator.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/cache_validator.js
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ function generateCacheChannel(req, callback){
             callback(channelCache[sql_md5]);
         } else{
             // strip out windshaft/mapnik inserted sql
-            var sql = req.params.sql.match(/^\((.*)\)\sas\scdbq$/)[1];
-            //sql = (sql != null) ? sql[1] : req.params.sql;
+            var sql = req.params.sql.match(/^\((.*)\)\sas\scdbq$/);
+            sql = (sql != null) ? sql[1] : req.params.sql;
 
             // build up api string
             var sqlapi = api.protocol + '://' + username + '.' + api.host + ':' + api.port + '/api/' + api.version + '/sql'